lambda
Americannoun
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the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet (Λ, λ).
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the consonant sound represented by this letter.
noun
Etymology
Origin of lambda
< Greek lá ( m ) bda < Semitic; see lamed
Example Sentences
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In this study, they found that the lambda phage shares this mechanism.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023
The Greek letter lambda in the cosmic recipe represents one possible explanation, the cosmological constant, which Einstein himself had proposed in 1917.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2023
Teasing out the subtle signal of lambda decay—the particles are too short-lived for direct detection—required more than 10 years of effort.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2023
For all of its promise, though, the drug — called pegylated interferon lambda — faces an uncertain road to the commercial market.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
Originally the suture must have terminated on the posterior border of the parietal bone, not far from the lambda.
From A Bilateral Division of the Parietal Bone in a Chimpanzee; with a Special Reference to the Oblique Sutures in the Parietal by Aleš Hrdlička
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